https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171089 Section 20 of the Code of Civil Procedure was construed to mean that jurisdiction lies where the defendant resides or carries on business, or where the cause of action arises wholly or in part. For a corporation with a principal office and subordinate offices, the Explanation was treated as clarifying clause (a) and not as creating jurisdiction at the principal office unless the cause of action arises there. An exclusive jurisdiction clause can validly select one forum only among courts that already have jurisdiction; it cannot create jurisdiction where none exists. On that basis, Bombay courts lacked jurisdiction because the cause of action did not arise there, and the contractual clause in favour of Bombay was ineffective. en-us Tue, 06 Aug 1991 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 16:19:09 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171089 Section 20 of the Code of Civil Procedure was construed to mean that jurisdiction lies where the defendant resides or carries on business, or where the cause of action arises wholly or in part. For a corporation with a principal office and subordinate offices, the Explanation was treated as clarifying clause (a) and not as creating jurisdiction at the principal office unless the cause of action arises there. An exclusive jurisdiction clause can validly select one forum only among courts that already have jurisdiction; it cannot create jurisdiction where none exists. On that basis, Bombay courts lacked jurisdiction because the cause of action did not arise there, and the contractual clause in favour of Bombay was ineffective. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 06 Aug 1991 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171089